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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... Guideline for the Management ... of Heart Failure ... Failure Society ... #HeartFailure #Management
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
 • Beta-blocker
 • ACE,
Heart Failure with ... Beta-blocker • ACE ... #Failure #CHF # ... HFrEF #Guideline #management ... #GDMT #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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gallop • Abnormal ECG ... failure • Elevated ... cardiac death Management ... failure therapy ... #Cardiology
Recommended Therapeutic Approach to the Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB, angiotensin receptor blockers;
Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) ACE ... blockers; HF, heart ... failure; LVEF, ... Cardiomyopathy #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) - Guideline Directed Medical Therapy - Initiation Strategies

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Heart Failure with ... Stepwise Approach: ACE ... #Failure #CHF # ... HFrEF #Guideline #management ... #GDMT #cardiology
Myocardial infarction localization. A 12 lead EKG creates a 360 degree view of the electrical activity
A 12 lead EKG creates ... leads, again; all ... contiguous I, aVL ... #EKG #diagram #Electrocardiogram ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology
Limb Lead Reversal
In order to understand why the leads look the way they do, we must
As for the aVL/aVF ... /aVF/aVR are all ... activity of the heart ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #LimbLeads
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Acute Heart Failure ... failure • JVD ... failure • No ... Examination #chf #cardiology ... #heartfailure #physicalexam
Medical Management of Acute RV Failure
 • Evaluate and Treat Etiology of RV Failure [e.g. Acute
Medical Management ... [e.g. ... Supportive Measures Act ... rightventricular #cardiology ... #management #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Severe Heart Failure ... Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Evaluation - EKG ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management